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Summer Lee: “States will be left to decide what students needs they're…”

Featuring: Summer Lee, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 12

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'You're Here Celebrating': Lee Grills McMahon On Consolidation Of DoE Programs Into Block Grants

Published | Video Starts at 01:37

As part of your crusade to illegally dismantle the Department of Education, Your fiscal year 27 budget proposal consolidates 17 programs into a single reduced block grant. States will be left to decide what students needs they're going to meet, and they'll have $4.6 billion fewer to meet those needs. Pennsylvania stands to lose about 265 million with your budget, including 39 million due to the consolidated block graduation grants. My district will lose 13 million, including about 2 million from the block grant. (01:37–01:47)

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Asserts that states will have $4.6 billion less to meet student needs due to the budget proposal.

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